Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 虫


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Meaning

worm or insect

Pronunciation

chóng

Explanation

Developed from the image of an insect with sting (cf. scorpion )

Mnemonic

In the middle of the earth (bottom stroke) are insects and worms.

Radicals

middle
insect(Also this radical is understood as: insect.)
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Vocabulary

病虫害 bìng chóng hài plant diseases and insect pests
虫蛀 chóng zhù damaged by moths or worms
茄二十八星瓢虫 qié èr shí bā xīng piáo chóng twenty eight spot lady beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata Fabricius
恙虫病 yàng chóng bìng Scrub typhus; Tsutsugamushi disease; Mite-borne typhus fever
蠕虫 rú chóng worm
蝗虫 huáng chóng locust
蚊虫 wén chóng mosquitoes and other insects
稚虫 zhì chóng naiad; larva; developmental stage of insect
昆虫 kūn chóng insect
幼虫 yòu chóng larva
蛀虫 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc; fig. vermin

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